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The trust took over in September and Mrs Allison left at the beginning of the academic year.

Peter Merry, chief executive of the trust, said: “A number of potential candidates have taken the opportunity to walk around the school. The application process is open until the end of October with interviews set to take place on November 16.

“Our aim is that the new principal will start at the beginning of the summer term.

“An acting head is currently leading the school. We’re feeling very positive about the future and all staff are on board with that. We’re concentrating on moving Hinckley Parks Primary forward so that it can go from good to outstanding. There’s no doubt the school has been through some challenging times.”

Hinckley Parks was given a warning notice by Leicestershire County Council earlier this year for its poor key stage one performance and a number of parents had raised concerns about their children’s education.

A number had also taken their children out of the school.

A local authority investigation last year over concerns that senior staff members, including Mrs Allison, were involved in the “prolonged and systematic bullying” of fellow staff found no evidence of deliberate bullying.